Friday, September 19, 2014

New countries, new opportunities

During development of DLC Scandinavia we felt that our roads need further push of variation and fidelity.

There are tons of new assets like new highway junctions, local roads with new crossroads, or new types of roads with different lane count on each side, as it often happens in reality. The main idea off course is to make sure they actually look and feel close to their actual Scandinavian representation.

Check out the following screenshots that bring a little glimpse of how it is shaping up:

As you can see here: http://blog.scssoft.com/2013/08/going-east-almost-there.html the release date about Going East! DLC was announced on 30th of August, and the release date was 20th of September... so that's almost a month in advance... Also we haven't seen the blog about the DLC going into beta testing, so I expect the DLC to be released in October/November as I said before ;)

According to Amazon UK it'll be released by Excalibur Publishing on 26th September, however, that's next week and I don't even think the DLC has been completeted yet, and then it has to be boxed and sent out to publishers, so, I wouldn't take these dates as being true, it's going to be a few months I think before we can buy it.

Thanks Viktor. Looks really good. I'll be buying it for sure...take your time and make sure it's up to your usual very high standards! Any ideas on rough time scales for it's completion!. Thanks again to all the team at SCS for all their hard work!

I'm glad to read that efforts were taken to improve the variety of roads and prefabs. I really hope you will follow the same philosophy with the areas of the vanilla map, and will overhaul them some time in the future.

I dont want to comlain or overrush things, I mean the work you are doing is great but im really asking myself on which timeschedule we can expect the next big patch/dlc/update i dont care. I am really looking forward to the release. Keep the work going guys and do the things you're good in: Making this game one of the best -if not the- best sim out there!

Gamewise South West Europe is boring like Germany, highways, highways, highways. For that reason i like to see more exotic Scandinavia and in future i would like to see Balcan Peninsula or East Europe for they lack of highways.

If I were SCS I'd do a deal with the trucksim map guys... running TSM 5.1 here and although there are some problems it wouldn't take that much to get it up to standard. I did try reporting to TSM but it's pointlessly difficult (e.g. you have to supply screenshot etc even for a bug where screenshot is meaningless)

If SCS bought the TSM map, polished it some and released it, then they could spend more resource on making the new American game :D

SCS why you don't stop this nonsense there is a lot of maps out there we want the new game American truck real simulation don't get mad there's a lot of people who wants this game for this new year's don't hate you cabover driver's you know you want this game to *-.:.-*

They are working on the American game, there were screenshots not long ago. And unless you know more than me about who in SCS works on what, then I suggest you keep quiet as suggested...

I would like SCS to involve the mod community more - there are a lot of people out there doing good stuff, if they would get them onside they could avoid duplication, creating what has already been done, sometimes just as good as SCS's stuff (no disrespect) - and that way they could expand their creative input with less cost than expanding the core business. Mind, I don't either know how SCS runs internally, but if I were running it it's something I wiould be looking at.

SCS You guys obviously heard of Promods why are you making Scandinavian DLC what a waste of time go further East or do Ireland and Iceland or Spain even anything but Scandanavia it's already been done???

Yes, but, it won't be the same as ProMods, I don't like their mini roundabouts, and it doesn't feel the same as a proper SCS module, I'm looking forward to this far more than the ProMods offering, even though I have to pay a small amount for it, it'll be worth it, carry on SCS you're doing a great job.

I hear what your saying Kev, you can consider a DLC a mod? So to speak though couldn't you I have going east that's a mod from SCS, I install only the highest quality aftermarket mods such as what drakhor said. Try a few on a separate profile it will not contaminate your vanilla game just be selective. I'm just blown away by Promods" I don't mean to plug them here. Well it's in the pipe now and SCS will make this going north so it is what it is just leaves a sour taste for many who have been up and down the promod highways ;0

You should be ashamed of. nSCS uses the money thats coming from DLC`s for new sound recordings, people to hire and even for licenses for the new trucks, that people like u are complaining on every blog post, that they're mssing.....think, before u write.

You ungrateful bastard. You do realise that SCS are still providing technical support and constant new updates and content for a game that is over 2 years old? Most developers would have given up by that point. They listen to what the players want and then implement that into the game. How many other developers can you name that actually give a toss about the players?

I've been playing ETS2 for more than 2 years now, I think I paid $25 dollars, the game is awesome and payed for itself in the course of these years....You can't say the same thing about any other game out there (which costs around 60 euros and gets replaced in the next year with another one).I'm definitely gonna buy this DLC, and ATS and Euro Coach Simulator too. I'm not rich but I value companies like SCS

I agree with you mr.president, i bought the original game foor 32 euros two years ago and i am really pleased that they keep updating the game and so waht if i have to pay foor the DLC, i bought going east for only 9 euros

Some folks expect everything for free *and* constant updates and support and then they moan like a foghorn when anything is slightly wrong. I call 'em freeloaders.

I pay for games I like, whether purchases like SCS or extras in F2P online games. This proposed DLC costs what, about the same as 4 pints of beer for me, well worth supporting. You should be thankful that people are prepared to pay so you can get tons of s**t for free you tight git.

Looking forward to seeing this new DLC. I spend more on 2 cats for cat food and cat litter every month or two so I don't see why some whine about costs. Either you enjoy this game or you do not. Thanks to SCS for keeping it alive with patches and updates. .. ... but ...

As others have said, if 20 EUR is too much for you, buy it on sale. Not only are you supporting further development, but having a legit version means you can play online as well, provided you have Windows and Steam.

mine is 250 euros xD so if i waste on games i wont to have a none € till next month...I respect SCS that still trying to update a old game....Like a Jonh..god bless our country, our politics......Yea someone saying isn't much but for me it much ! Also i still respect SCS

This is very encouraging to read concerning the DLC as it IS the time to ensure this type of fidelity is indeed built into the product. I cannot help bemoan some of the original maps highway / autobahn junctions and lane counts, the missing exit ramps and general lack of realism [one isolated example does not justify the over use of lane highways with one actually being a very long exit ramp!]

The images look excellent and I am really looking forward to this formal extension to the map.

Scandinavia Add-On now to be released on February 4th 2015 according to Amazon UK, 9 days BEFORE American Truck Sim is released, that doesn't give us much time to play with this module before the American offering, that wasn't very well thought out, was it, SCS ???

Amazon UK are pulling dates out of nowhere. They are simply guessing, just like all the previous dates they claimed release. It's a ploy to get people to pre-order and pay in advance.Until SCS releases the dates, even Amazon UK don't know.

1 Holes in lanes2 has to break damper3 Burst tires4 Must have tire wear5. every 25,000 km change tires6 You should dry the tires and make a stop at gas stations and fill each tire7 Must have oil change8 The truck has to get dirty9 Must have mud on the road10 Must have car wash11 It has to dirty the glass front12 Gotta have water in the windshield wiper13 Has the smoke appear the truck14 The KM has to be more realistic15 The climate has to be more realistic16 The bodywork of the truck has to suffer damageKnead for 17 shock18 Breaking flashlight ( front and rear)

And so on . If you do not have it there , okay muuuuuuuuuuuuito far from a simulator with real conditions.

I agree with Joao Pereira. It's better don't say nothing until it's ready - I mean this particular case - DAF Euro 6, because it's a year since SCS advertise that it will be made. Scanialoverr - people are angry, and belive me they are not 12 years old children, but people in middle age. I my opinion SCS should work on its own image. We - the players - support them by our money (game + DLC etc.) and we want with return some updates. One thing, which people doesn't like the most is failure to comply with the word. It's not because of a week or two, but all year. SCS maybe you should think about this and change your priorities.

So not even a full year is not enough for scs to make a truck with poor textures and design, bugs and things missing inside or outside cabin.But it`s ok, after 2 years i`ve learned this wannabe gaming company is slow and their employees hate to work.:)So take your time scs, doesn`t matter what bullshit told us/promised us on the last year, we wait for your lazy bones to finish and release a buggie truck -steam first yes- and hope moders can make something decent out of it.

Amazon.co.uk says 4th of February 2015.http://www.amazon.co.uk/Euro-Truck-Simulator-Scandinavia-Add-/dp/B00M6SFN9W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411818952&sr=8-1&keywords=euro+truck+simulator+2+scandinavia+add-on

Still, we are not rushing anywhere. There is a stream of updates coming for ETS2 through 2014 that will be provided for any edition of the game. If things go well, there is a major map expansion add-on coming later this year that will not require Steam, but just like Going East! will just work with the retail version. But this will introduce a third set of non-Steam Product Keys, and we fear that this will be the limit of what the customers and our customer support can still deal with.